Desk set



Sept. 11, 1956 l s 2,762,338

DESK SET Filed Oct. 29, 1953 INVENTOR ATTORNEY United States Patent DESK SET Francis M. Aimes, Chatham, N. Y. Application October 29, 1953, Serial No. 389,119

1 Claim. (Cl. 120-108) This invention relates to what is generally referred to as desk sets, that is to say a grooved base with universal means for supporting a pen or a pencil in raised position with respect to the base, and wherein the groove of the base is used for the support of other articles.

More particularly, the invention deals with a hollowed base having a integral bearing portion for the mounting of the universal joint in connection with which the pen or pencil tube is supported; and, still more particularly, wherein the hollowed base has undercut means for establishing an anchorage for a filler portion to prevent displacement of the filler portion from the base.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from the following description, when taken together with the accompanying drawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed and, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a base made according to my invention, diagrammatically indicating in dotted lines the position of anchor portions on the inner surface of the base; and

Fig. 2 is a section on the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, represents a hollow shell-like base part having beveled front and rear wall portions 11 and 12 respectively, and rounded side walls as at 13. The top wall 14 of the base has adjacent the front wall 11 a longitudinal groove or depression 15 in which extra pens, pencils, or other articles can be supported for easy graspmg.

The top wall 14 has centrally thereof and in close proximity to the back wall 12 an integral tubular bearing portion 16 which extends downwardly to a point inwardly of but in close alinement to the lower edge 17 of the base, the bearing portion having a countersunk recess 18 to receive the beveled head 19 of a mounting screw 20. The screw 20 extends above the top 14 of the base and secures a universal socket 21 firmly upon the top wall 14. Mounted in the socket 21 is the ball end 22 of a rod 23 to which is fixed a conical pen or pencil holding sleeve 24.

The grooved or depressed portion 15 of the base has adjacent the wall 11 and on the inner surface thereof two laterally projecting undercut flange portions 25, which are diagrammatically illustrated as to position in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and one of which is shown in section in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The flanges 25 form keying or retaining elements for retaining a filler body 26 against displacement from the base. The body 26 can be formed of any suitable easily moldable material, for example plaster of Paris can be used. This is filled in the base with the lower surface 27 thereof flush with the edge 17 of the base, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The fill 26 fits snugly around the bearing portion 16 and against all of the inner surfaces of the base as clearly indicated. The fill 26 extends around the flange 25, as seen at 28 in Fig. 2, in establishing the anchorage of the fill preventing removal from the base.

The finished product can be faced with any suitable soft material as with other devices of this type and kind. The facing is not shown as it forms no particular part of the present conception.

The entire base can be molded from plastic material to which the metal parts 20, 21 and 23 are secured. The sleeve 24 can also be composed of plastic material, preferably contrasting to that employed in the base. The fill or body 26 serves to give weight to the resulting desk set and at the same time operates to reinforce the relatively thin wall structure of the base, as will be apparent.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a desk set of the character described, a moulded plastic hollow base, said base comprising a top wall, downwardly flared front and back walls and rounded side walls, the top wall having an integral downwardly extending tubular bearing portion centrally with respect to the side walls and adjacent the back wall, said bearing portion opening through the top wall and terminating at its lower end in a conical recess, the lower surface of the top wall having a pair of downwardly and forwardly extending undercut key elements adjacent the front wall and arranged within the hollow base, a filler body of mouldable material arranged in the base and engaging said key elements to retain the same against displacement from the base, and means comprising a screw arranged in the tubular bearing portion and having a head seated in said conical recess for coupling an implement support upon the upper surface of said top wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 443,008 Schaefer Dec. 16, 1890 1,847,674 Sengbush Mar. 1, 1932 1,884,130 Neidich Oct. 25, 1932 1,916,808 Parker July 4, 1933 1,956,084 Tefit Apr. 24, 1934 2,104,676 Senf Ian. 4, 1938 

